Urban green commons: Insights on urban common property systems

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1039-1051

  Colding, Johan ^a,b   Barthel, Stephan ^a,b   Bendt, Pim ^a   Snep, Robbert ^c   van der Knaap, Wim ^c   Ernstson, Henrik ^b,d  

^a ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Common property systems; Ecosystem management; Property rights; Urban green commons

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOSPHERE; COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EMERGENCE; GREENSPACE; PROPERTY RIGHTS;

GERMANY; SOUTH AFRICA; SWEDEN;

EID: 84886726644     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.05.006     Document Type: Article

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